Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 9401-100, James Franey, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Francy James or Freaney
B.L. Wt 940100. Part
Issued July 26, 1792, to Adam Harbison, assignee marked certified on application Jan 28, 1817.
CONTENTS

W
James Franey Dragoon
FRANEY, JAMES
(PA)
BLWT 9401-100

This Bill 180 handed in by the person who calls himself James Mooney . I had seen him a certif te that the W t in Right of it was ob t under the N o 9401 July 26 th 1792.
Jan y 28 th 1817.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof James Francis Draper in the Pennsylvania Key Stone regiment, having faithfully served the United States between Jan 1 and and being inlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army.
Given at the war office the
22 Sept 1863
By order of the secretary at war
Lincoln
Registered in the books of the regiment,
James Francis Draper
J. H. Hott
adjutant.

War office,
22 Sept.
1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.
B. LINCOLN.
James Bracey or Bracey B.L.W. 3401. issued 1792.

June 15, 1937
James Franey Wt. 9401-100 BA-J/AWF
Miss Helen Margaret Stover Hanover, R.R.# 3 Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and John Freaney, of Pennsylvania, soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to John Freaney under any spelling of that surname.
The Revolutionary War record of James Franey or Freaney is furnished herein as found in claim for bounty land, based upon his service in that war. This is the record of the only James Franey under any spelling of that surname, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of this soldier were not shown, nor were the names of his parents given.
James Franey or Freaney served as a dragoon in the Pennsylvania Legion and was discharged September 22, 1783, having served seven years.
On account of the service of the above noted James Franey or Freaney, warrant number 9401, for 100 acres of bounty land, was issued July 26, 1792 to Adam Harbison, assignee.
There are no further data relative to the

soldier, James Franey or Freaney.
In order to obtain information in regard to location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Warrant # 9401- 100 acres- issued July 26, 1792.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Hanover, Pennsylvania
May 17, 1937
The Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I write seeking the courtesy of your office in supplying me with what records you may have on two soldiers of the Revolution who were, I understand Revolutionary pensioners,
James Treaner and John Treaner
(name also spelled Traner, Trener, Trehner, Treany, Traney and Phreaner)
James Treaner died suddenly, March 1813 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, leaving a widow Eva Maria and five children.
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume VI, Page 410, lists James Traner, Sergeant in Capt. Hamilton's Co. First Pennsylvania Regiment, 1778. Also,
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, Page 38, lists James Treany and John Treany as Privates, Capt. James Ross Co. Col. Wm. Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen, which enlisted in Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania, arrived in camp at Cambridge, August 18, 1775.
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, Page 339,

lists James Traney, Sergeant, John Traney, Private, May 6, 1776, in Capt. James Ross Company, Continental Line, First Pennsylvania Regiment.
What further records do you have on this John? Could he be James Traneis son John, who died April 15, 1835 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland?
Assuring you of my great appreciation of anything you may do for me, I am,
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Helen Margaret Stover, HANOVER, Pennsylvania, R.R.#3.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Freaney, James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9401 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 26, 1792 To Adam Harbison, assignee Notation: "Certified on application January 28, 1817"
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.